SoCal Management Accounting

Specializing in sensible, cost effective solutions for small and medium sized businesses.

We have have over 20 years experience in several aspects of cost management and in MS Excel spreadsheet design and data analysis of all types.  We focus on small to medium sized businesses in all industries and pride ourselves on bringing value to our customers. 

If your costs have become too distorted, we can restore your cost management system to give you ’actionable’ information.

We focus on Cost Management, that is all we do, we give you better value than the mega-consulting firms can.

• ERP implementation – If you are about to go through an implementation or upgrade your existing system, we can become part of your team to enable the best cost elements
• Contemporary Standard Cost Management – Too many company’s never fully utilize a standard cost methodology.  We help you upgrade your processes to make standard cost become more effective for your business.  We also revolutionize your allocations for overhead and shared services.  Standard costing is easily transferable to other types of business and industries, like healthcare, distribution, and services.  In order for standard costing to be an effective tool to measure business performance.
• Activity Based Cost Management – Our proprietary Activity Based analysis and costing initiative, a project that should be undertaken at least annually to truly understand your cost structure.
• Data Mining, Spreadsheet Design, and Data Analysis – Whether you are doing a one off scenario, need help with a difficult spreadsheet design, or setup a recurring data mining effort.
• Using a Scorecard to Increase Effectiveness in Operations – Using a scorecard is an excellent way to tie cost management to business strategy, we have the experience to establish a scorecard that really works for your business.
• Project Costing – If you have R&D projects or small contracts that need more effective costing and more reliable Estimates to Complete, we can get it done.
• International Management Accounting – Many businesses today have operations in multiple countries, so it is mandatory that costing have global dimensions.
• Advanced costing scenarios – (i.e. make/buy, price and/or cost changes, etc.).

At SoCal Management Accountants we have the experience and industry diversification to understand your business needs.

Before we begin any client engagement, we make a complete assessment of the current costing practices and client software options, under no cost or obligation to you.  We like to give you the best possible options for your situation, within a budget you can afford.